EPC Ratings in Denbighshire: How Many Homes Are Below Band C Before the 2030 Rule
Of the 2,156 homes in Denbighshire that had an EPC lodged from July 2025 to June 2026, 54% were rated D to G — the bands a privately rented home must leave by 1 October 2030. The Wales figure is 42%; England and Wales 40%.
EPC bands in Denbighshire, July 2025 to June 2026
| Rating | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Band A | 48 | 2.2% |
| Band B | 174 | 8.1% |
| Band C | 768 | 36% |
| Band D | 895 | 42% |
| Band E | 176 | 8.2% |
| Band F | 74 | 3.4% |
| Band G | 21 | 1.0% |
54% below C (bands D to G) against 42% in Wales and 40% across England and Wales. Denbighshire ranks 24 of 318 local authorities for the share below C (1 = highest share). Since 2008, 46,419 EPCs have been lodged for existing homes in Denbighshire and 74% of them were below C — recent certificates run better than the long-run stock because newer and improved homes transact more.
The deeper problem here is the bottom of the scale. 13% of recent certificates in Denbighshire were E, F or G — against 9.3% in Wales. F and G have been unlettable since the 2018–2020 minimum-E rules unless an exemption is registered, and an E-rated home has two bands to climb, not one; check the register before any new tenancy and budget for the cap being reached.
Is Denbighshire moving towards C?
Little movement year on year in Denbighshire: 55% of certificates were below C in July 2024 to June 2025 and 54% in July 2025 to June 2026 (−1 points; England and Wales −2.5 points). The area is 218th of 318 for the size of its year-on-year change, so the picture here is stable rather than shifting.
Average floor area per certificate is 95.6 m², close to the 87.1 m² England-and-Wales figure, so national cost guides apply here without much adjustment.
What the 2030 rule costs in Denbighshire
Privately rented homes need band C from 1 October 2030, with a £10,000 cap on what a landlord must spend before an exemption can be registered; the rules, exemptions and what counts towards the cap are on the EPC C for rentals by 2030 guide.
Put the £10,000 cap in local terms: average private rent in Denbighshire is £712 a month (ONS, July 2026), so the cap is roughly 14 months of rent — and every month a property stands empty for works costs another £712 on top of the bill. The area’s rents, prices and yields are on Denbighshire: rents, house prices and yield.
Whether the certificate and the works are deductible is on EPC, gas and electrical certificates: deductible? — revenue repairs come off the year’s rent, improvements that add capital value do not (allowable expenses guide).
Nearest neighbours in the ranking, in Wales
| Area | Below C | Year-on-year (pts) |
|---|---|---|
| Gwynedd | 59% | −1.6 |
| Carmarthenshire | 58% | +1.5 |
| Pembrokeshire | 55% | −6.9 |
| Isle of Anglesey | 53% | +3.3 |
| Ceredigion | 53% | −8.7 |
| Conwy | 51% | −6.5 |
All 318 areas ranked · council tax in Denbighshire 2026/27 · rent, prices and yield in Denbighshire.
MHCLG, Live tables on Energy Performance of Buildings Certificates, table EB1 — domestic EPCs lodged for existing dwellings by energy-efficiency band, published 30 July 2026, latest four quarters (July 2025 to June 2026) summed per local authority; cumulative figures from 2008. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. An EPC is lodged when a home is sold, let or newly built, so these are certificates issued, not a census of the housing stock. Shares, ranks and regional figures are ours, computed across 318 local authorities. Download: CSV.
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Of EPCs lodged for existing homes from July 2025 to June 2026, 46% were band C or better and 54% were D to G; band D alone was 42%. (MHCLG live table EB1.)
The share below C moved from 55% (July 2024 to June 2025) to 54% (July 2025 to June 2026): −1 percentage points, against −2.5 across England and Wales.
From 1 October 2030 under the government's EPC consultation response, with a £10,000 spending cap before an exemption. Until then the minimum for a new letting is band E.
54% below C against 42% in Wales — a larger share needing work.
No — only homes with an EPC lodged in the period (sold, let or built). Since 2008 the cumulative share below C is 74%, higher because older certificates and unimproved homes sit in that total.